Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) late Wednesday blocked a quick deal for votes on an amendment deal for an annual defense policy bill, over his proposed legislation that would hold the Chinese regime accountable for its human rights abuses. Rubio had proposed for an amendment to be included in the the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2022 that would block imports from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are accused of facilitating forced labor by arbitrarily detaining around one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in a network of camps. The Republican senator’s amendment had been included in an amendment deal list distributed to Senate offices on Wednesday, however his proposal wasn’t among the 24 amendments to the NDAA schedule to be set up for a vote on Thursday morning. According to The Hill, the structure of the amendment deal meant that his proposal faced a …
Rubio Stalls Vote on Defense Bill Over Amendment to Ban Products From China’s Xinjiang
December 2, 2021
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